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All four children have England birth index page changes
I am researching fourth cousins following a DNA match, and for each of them that I find, I always record their birth index details.
These particular cousins that were born in Norfolk in England, ...
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Determining ethnicity/heritage of Mexican [duplicate]
My maternal grandfather came from Canton, China to Chihuahua, Mexico, which is in the north, near to El Paso. He married my grandma (who was the daughter of a Mexican mom and german dad).
My mom ...
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Why did Anthony Goater move from Hampshire to Somerset before May 1810
My ancestor married in a small village south of Bath on 11 May 1810. His wife was Sarah Higgins. They were married at St Peters (Englishcombe). I've always puzzled over his reasons for moving from ...
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Indicating deceased individual using Family Tree Maker and Ancestry
I use Family Tree Maker 2019 and sync with an Ancestry tree. What is the best way to indicate to the algorithm that an individual is deceased if I don't have any birth or death dates? I know the ...
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Ancestry & FTM- unknown names
I know there are differing opinions on the best way to enter unknown surnames and forenames, but my question pertains to Ancestry specifically. Does anyone know what naming convention(s) for unknown ...
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Looking for record of a deceased Italian worker on the Panama Canal between 1882 and 1891
Carlo Nigro (c 1855 - c 1890) was living in Calvello, Potentenza, Basilicata, Italy, when he and his younger brother Michele went to Panama, sometime between 1882-1891, to work on the Canal for the ...
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Can biological father be found using Paternal matches with 81cM or less?
I've been trying to find my biological father for 5 years now on ancestry. I have also uploaded my DNA to all the other sites that I possibly could, to no avail. my mother refuses to give me any ...
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Can i marry my cousin's wife's brother [duplicate]
I have a cousin and he got married to woman lets call her G and my cousin K.Now can i marry G's brother
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shared dna percentage with niece?
My niece did a DNA test on 23andme which returned a surprisingly low shared percentage to me of 1.21%. For niece/nephew 23andme says the range should be 17-34%. We are of Ashkenazi heritage so we ...
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Is town named Zycki located in Poland or Russia today?
My Grandparents came through Ellis Island in 1910. The records show they were from Zycki, Russia.
Does anyone know where that is today?
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Uncurling, cleaning and archiving old photos (1930s to 1980s)
My cousin found some old family photos deemed lost (around 400 pieces), spanning 50 years (1930s to 1980s). They've been sitting in a shoebox for over 25 years, in a basement (classic story, right...)....
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What does ERC in Component box of Honorable Discharge form refer to?
I am reading through an Honorable Discharge for a relative who lived in New Mexico before and after his service in WW II. Basically I understand what has been written except for ther COMPONENT Space. ...
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Capitalization of SURNAMES
When I started using the complimentary Legacy software (v10) today, I came across the comment by Geoff Rasmussen that the convention of putting a surname in all caps is a thing of the past. I am ...
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Why can't I find any records of my Great x2 Grandfathers travelling to New Zealand or Australia?
Background
I am going to provide a little bit of background in this one question, in case it is
relevant.
My Great x2 Grandfather (George Scammell) was born in 1856 in Semley, Dorset.Birth ...
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How should I record unknown parents?
I use FamilyTreeMaker and Ancestry. I’ve read Tamura Jones’ articles (and others) and accept that if you don’t know a name you should leave the field blank. So I’m quite happy to show no father, just ...
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Transcribing text on Death Record
I am interested with the second entry. I know the date is November 1st 1931. And I know he died in Murrayville, Victoria, Australia.
But I am trying to make out the rest. I know it mentions county.
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Add info (like occupation) to a family tree in Gramps
In Gramps, when I create a Family Lines Graph, for each person, it shows specific info: name, dates of birth / death, places of birth death.
Can I add other info to this graph? I'd like to add ...
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Locating Birth Certificate City in Oviedo
I am trying to locate the Birth Certificate or Fe de Bautismo for my grandfather. I have his full name and place of birth said Oviedo, Asturias. I have his DOB although the date and month might be ...
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Where can I find records of a French female citizen who immigrated to either Uruguay or Argentina bt 1903 and 1912?
I am doing my family genealogic research and I am trying to find records of the entry of one female French citizen, either through Montevideo or through Buenos Aires. There are records of her marriage ...
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Finding Romanian birth certificate from 1957
Just a shot in the dark:
I am trying to find my mother's birth certificate from Bucharest. I don't know much about her, just her name, birthday and possibly her last name. She didn't have a middle ...
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Deciphering a birthplace in an 1850 marriage record in Hungary
Does anyone by any chance recognize this placename? It's from an 1850 marriage in Pest, where it is recorded as the birthplace of a 27-year-old groom (third entry on page: https://www.familysearch.org/...
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I'm confused about my Ancestry DNA test
On my DNA results page, initially there is woman who matches as Close family - first cousin so I assumed she could be the daughter of my great uncle (my father's uncle). Then a recent update occured ...
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Why Wegene and Gedmatch (raw data uploaded from wegene) gives me similar results in everything except on the European part?
The first is wegene， the second is Gedmatch with raw data uploaded from wegene and the EUtest V2 K15.
In everything both websites seems to coincide.
However, what I cannot understand is how could ...
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What did a colour mixer do in 1830 in Manchester?
My great great grandfather lived in Salford, Manchester. In 1833 his marriage certificate indicated his profession as colour mixer. I believe this involved work in textile- finishing/ printing but ...
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Does 25% Spanish mean grandparent was born in Spain?
I took a DNA test through Ancestry; it shows I'm 44% Indigenous America's Mexico and 25% Spanish. These are the main percentages, there are many others! I'm wondering about the Spanish component.
Does ...
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Brother or cousin or both?
My DNA matches with an adopted brother 45-51% DNA and 3504cm across 50 segments. My ‘brother’ has my aunts name on his birth certificate. We have the same father but working out if we have the same ...
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How close is someone with 751cM
I am 75 years old. A guy on Ancestry is in his mid/late 80s. We live on opposite sides of the Atlantic (UK/Canada) but his grandparents came from the same town as my maternal grandmother and was a ...
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Numbers above marital status on ship's manifest
I found a copy of the ship's manifest record from when my great-grandfather came over from Italy. His name is Giovanni DiDomenico. To my surprise, he was listed as a widower, which I was not aware of. ...
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Translating Spanish birth record into English
Can anybody translate or point me in the direction of where I can translate my great-grandfather’s Spanish birth record?
He was born in 1909 and I was sent over three photocopied pages of his birth ...
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Lady of the house?
In the 1861 census ,my ancestors in rusholme Manchester are listed as James Cook as head then sophia as what looks like lady of the house ,it's not easy to read .was this term used at all ?
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Finding Polish 1921 census records of town called Wola Raniżowska
Where can I find the Polish 1921 census records of a town called Wola Raniżowska?
My grandmother immigrated to the USA from there.
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Does Chinese gravestone belong to James Hudson Taylor?
My wife has an ancestor who died and was buried in China. Their grave was desecrated and no longer exists, but apparently, this gravestone was found hidden under a church crawlspace, and was placed ...
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Genetic Distance, Different Surnames
I see that in talking about genetic distance between two Y-DNA STR test results frequently uses the phrase "having the same surname", or some similar phrase. Why? "Iligitimate" ...
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Using Y-DNA and mtDNA from an ancestry file
Ancestry.com DNA results for me and my wife apparently contain Y-chromosome data and mitochondrial data. How can we use that to find patrilineal and matrilineal matches on sites like FTDNA and ...
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Seeking soviet records of Aram Hmayak Kalfyan who died in Siberia in 1943
My maternal grandfather died in Siberia in 1943 Aram Hmayak Kalfyan. I believe he was arrested probably 1927-1930. I believe he was imprisoned, being a Trotskyte, arrested probably 1927-1930. He had ...
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Can you determine if your grandmother was a child of incest with your DNA?
Is it possible to find out if your grandmother was a child of incest only having access to your DNA test?
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Person has no house number on Census, but two different house numbers on Electoral Rolls (19th Century UK)
On the 1849-50 Register of Voters, Charles Ashmore in Manchester, UK was listed at 331 Rochdale Road.
On the 1850-51 Register of Voters, he was listed at 329 Rochdale Road.
And on the 1851 Census, ...
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How do I find the service record of my grandfather in the German army in WW1? [duplicate]
My grandfather was from Hamburg and was around 24 or 25 years old when he was inducted in the German army.how do I find his military records of service?
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How do you vet DNA cousin "matches" that reach out to you?
I did the DNA test thing back in January. One of the things I was hoping to get out of it was to make contact with other (distant) cousins. What I didn't think about was putting myself out there for ...
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Is there a way to declutter Endogamy in DNA comparisons?
I've recently taken an Acestry DNA test to try and confirm my paternal line's great grandfather. After getting the results, I thought I identified the correct one. One of the nearest matched ...
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Family research in Aden Colony
I am researching my paternal side's family history. They lived in Aden Colony during the British Colonisation in 1839-1967 (128 years) and left Aden in 1967.
They used to own property in Aden during ...
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Why different results myheritage and ancestry dna give vastly different results when uploaded to gedmatch or illustrative
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V2 k15
Myheritage vs ancestry
East med:
39.48 vs 42.99
West asian
19.08 vs 18.73
West Med
16.94 vs 13.79
Red Sea
7.8 vs 8.3
This causes quite an a shift. Eg I go from being cypriot + 13% south ...
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Passenger Records Research for Pakistan
I am looking for passenger records for an ancestor who is rumoured to have run because he murdered someone in his homeland.
I am trying to research him. I have asked my family members who are ...
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Passenger Records Research for India
I am researching my family tree.
I am looking for an ancestor who came by ship while working for the British.
I am not aware of the ship name he came on. He was approximately born in 1835 +/- 40 years ...
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US Outbound Passenger List information
Is there a listing of outbound ship passengers leaving New York City ports during the early 1900s to Europe (Italy)?
My mother, born in the Bronx, New York City in 1907 was taken to Italy to live by ...
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"indef add" as cause of detention?
What is the meaning of "indef add" as cause of detention on 1904 ship's record of detained passengers from Italy to US? Occurred in New York, presumably Ellis Island, though unconfirmed.
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When does a brick wall become a dead end? [closed]
This may be more of a philosophical question than a genealogical research one, but I am wondering if, and/or at what point, does a brick wall become a dead end?
For example: I have an early American ...
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Distributing family tree as image - security?
I just created a huge family tree using mind-mapping tools, not common geneology tools. I'd like to distribute this to relatives as a PNG. I'm concerned about security. What should not be in a tree ...
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Trying to understand family tree
I’m a college student that came across this family tree diagram and am trying to interpret it. My current interpretation puts almost every individual in the diagram to having either incest, an affair, ...
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Transcribing a baptism from 1704 in Heinebach
I'm trying to read a baptism entry from 1704 in Heinebach. The priest's handwriting is pretty terrible, however. I could use assistance in finishing this transcription.
den 23 xembr ist Wilhelm ...
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